Carter has always been a nimble, mischievous little fella who loves to see how things work (future engineer?). For some time now, door knobs have been no problem, especially the lever ones, which are SO easy for little hands to open that it's not even funny. I call them the devil's door knobs, and I am so thankful for that we do not have them in our house.
On Saturday morning, we went to the bookstore for the story time and puppet show. It was great - Carter was the all star participant and I got a break while enjoying my half-caff vanilla latte. Afterwards, we headed straight to the bathroom. As luck would have it, it was empty so I grabbed C, and we went into the handicap stall for more space. As I put my bag on the hook, Carter crawled under the next stall to check it out. I bribed him back into mine with a toy and set about quickly taking care of my business. Not quick enough.
Within 10 seconds, Carter scooted under the stall, and I heard the main bathroom door crack open for a quick get away. Remember, I am a big prego so I don't move too fast these days, especially mid-hover during a much needed toilet break. Unfortunately, the bathroom was still empty, so nothing inhibited his escape plan. I barreled out of the stall, pulling up my pants in one fell swoop (leaving my bag behind) and caught the little ninja half way down the bathroom hallway, giggling because I "caught him" in his new game of "chase". Mommy was not giggling.
Back in the bathroom to retreat my bag, C even scolded me for not flushing - which he happily did for me. After his bathroom floor crawling adventures (thank goodness it was B&N over Walmart), we both double hand sanitized.
Sure made me wish for a toddler bathroom stall lock down - have you ever seen one? I have seen this once in about 245,833 bathroom lifetime visits. In googling it, I came across a few strange, patent-pending ones too (like this one). Of course, try to google this topic, and all kinds of crazy stuff turns up...like a random column from Arkansas on public bathroom stall selection.
Wish us better luck next time.
2 comments:
I actually saw the crazy kid wrangling seat at the movie theater last weekend!! It was next to the diaper changer? I guess the installer thought it was to keep the extra kid still while you changed a diaper on the other kid?? It is out there Erin...I have seen it!!! I just could not figure out what it was ;)
Great story. Glad you caught the little ninja before he got into the main area. What a kid! In the heat of the moment, he still remembered to flush.
BTW, hanging a kid over the door of a bathroom stall just seems weird. Not saying I wouldn't do it if necessary. Just weird.
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